by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Mar 4, 2015 | Spiritual Practices
What is Penance (or meditaton)? What is duty? These questions are often asked to me during my 20 years in meditation..I had given different answers to different people and at different times! Behold, when I came across this “Thirukkural”, the answer was in...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Aug 4, 2014 | Spiritual Practices
I have picked up SOME from the verses of Guru Nanak’s Japji Sahib – V (8-11) which roughly transalates as By listening Meditation transpires spontaneously By listening one rises to become perfect and venerable By listening the ignorant finds the way By listening, the...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jul 17, 2014 | Spiritual Practices
Commentary of Saint Ramanuja’s Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verses 13 & 14: The word saman means straight this denotes that the back, neck and body should be erect and balanced in a straight posture. By sitting with legs crossed in the lotus position or half...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jul 3, 2014 | Spiritual Practices
Trying to explain Silence through words is a paradox by itself. However sometimes we have to use words as well to convey though technically it can’t be. Silence of the words is not Silence Silence of the mind IS “SILENCE”. When there is no thought,...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jun 26, 2013 | Spiritual Practices
Mostly people travel either in Gnana Marga or Bhakthi Marga. Gnana marga i.e Meditating in Chakras – is the one where in the seeker opens the eye and walks the path. Hence he knows where he goes and what he does. The process is slow. Bhakthi Marga is the one...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jun 21, 2013 | Spiritual Practices
1. Music is an art created by God. 2. The base sound of music is OM or the cosmic sound that pervades through stillness or silence. 3. The very essence of Music is to reach God through Music. Hence music without meditative quality is like missing the basic strings in...
